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Paolo di Canio found it impossible to contain his delight during Sunderland's 3-0 victory over Newcastle this weekend, with plenty of fist-pumping, knee-sliding and jumping for joy from the Italian. He isn't the first coach to get carried away in the moment, however. talkSPORT look at some of the greatest managerial celebrations...

Jose Mourinho's reaction to Porto's last-gasp equaliser at Old Trafford has gone down in folklore as the moment that he really announced his arrival on the European stage. His Porto side would go on to seal the deal by winning the Champions League, but outwitting the wily old fox Sir Alex Ferguson was, for many, the biggest statement of the campaign.

Arsene Wenger doesn't have much to celebrate about these days, so looking back on his joyful jig during the Gunners' 3-0 victory over Villarreal in the 2009 Champions League quarter-final may induce tears from supporters. Unsurprisingly, the dance didn't take off...

Following his touch-line run at Old Trafford, Jose Mourinho would go on to make a more permanent move to England with Chelsea, where he established himself as a club legend, so when Pep Guardiola sprinted down the side of the Stamford Bridge turf following Andres Iniesta's late equaliser in 2009, the irony wouldn't have been lost on Chelsea supporters. Guardiola gets so carried away that Sylvinho has to remind him to make a substitution to use up time!

Big Sam celebrating like a cowboy following a late Brett Emerton winner for Blackburn over Everton. Need we say more?

It's not so much the fact that David Pleat (erroneously called 'Platt' in the vid below) ran onto the pitch after Luton avoided relegation at Manchester City in 1983 that is noteworthy, but the fact that he happened to be wearing a pink suit at the time. What was he thinking?

Manager by day, guitarist in a heavy metal band by night, Slaven Bilic has always been an extrovert at heart, but his celebration in Croatia's Euro 2008 quarter-final against Turkey took things to a whole new level. Bilic manages to run to the fans, pump his fist, then run all the way back to his technical staff in a mere matter of seconds, narrowly avoiding time-travel in the process.

Mourinho makes his second appearance in our list for this substantial knee-slide at the Bernabeu, after Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo scored a late winner against Manchester City in the Champions League group stage. We dread to think about what his knees will look like if Madrid win their coveted tenth European Cup this season..

England were seconds away from facing penalties in their Italia 90 round of 16 clash with Belgium, so when David Platt's thunderous volley broke the deadlock, Bobby Robson showed the effects the delay had taken on his bladder with this little dance.

Argentina's hopes of automatic qualification for the 2010 World Cup were hanging by a thread when Martin Palermo bundled home a 93rd minute winner against Peru in the wildest of conditions. Diego Maradona's response was to produce a cumbersome belly flop that suggests he has lost the grace he showed during his playing days...

Are there any great managerial goal celebrations we've missed out? Let us know below...